The Great Fatted Bull
Introduction
Tablet #36
Translation
Annotations
Transliteration
Sumerian History
Sumerian Images
The Royal Tombs of Ur
The Standard of Ur: War
The Standard of Ur: King
The "Standard" of Ur?
Eannatum
Vulture Stele Translation
Sumerian War Chariots
War Chariot Deconstructed
Ur-Namma Translation
The Face of Ur-Namma
Face of Ur-Namma, part II
I am Ur-Namma
Gudea Translation
The Face of Gudea
Other Sumerian Kings
Sargon's Victory Stele
The Invention of Writing
Adventures in Cuneiform
The Sumerian Scribe
A Masterpiece
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A translation of Tablet #36 in the Library of Congress. The world's first political satire, the first dark comedy and murder mystery; a literary masterpiece, written by a Sumerian Shakespeare.

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